Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Damage \Dam"age\ (d[a^]m"[asl]j; 48), n. [OF. damage, domage, F.
dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage.
See {Damn}.]
1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an
inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.
[1913 Webster]
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. --Prov.
xxvi. 6.
[1913 Webster]
Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of
a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage
both of their fame and fortune. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. (Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment
or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or
satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually
done to him by another.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In common-law actions, the jury are the proper judges
of damages.
[1913 Webster]
{Consequential damage}. See under {Consequential}.
{Exemplary damages} (Law), damages imposed by way of example
to others. Similar in purpose to {vindictive damages},
below.
{Nominal damages} (Law), those given for a violation of a
right where no actual loss has accrued.
{vindictive damages} or {punitive damages}, those given
specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.
Syn: Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See
{Mischief}.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exemplary \Ex"em*pla*ry\, a. [L. exemplaris, fr. exemplar: cf.
F. exemplaire. See {Exemplar}.]
1. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for
imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary
conduct.
[1913 Webster]
[Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be
exemplary. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice,
punishment, or damages.
[1913 Webster]
3. Illustrating as the proof of a thing. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
{Exemplary damages}. (Law) See under {Damage}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exemplary damages
n 1: (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of
punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful
misconduct) [syn: {punitive damages}, {exemplary damages},
{smart money}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
